Dell M8024 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of contents ..................................................................................	2
Executive summary...............................................................................	3
Features of Simple Switch Mode ..............................................	3
Example scenarios.....................................................................	4
Testing scenarios...................................................................................	5
Scenario 1: Plugging and playing the Dell PowerConnect
M8024 switch............................................................................	6
Scenario 2: Configuring VLANs on the internal ports of the Dell
PowerConnect M8024 switch...................................................	7
Scenario 3: Configuring multiple VLANs per internal port to
connect to a server NIC with Tag enabled................................	8
Scenario 4: Configuring multiple Port Aggregation Groups and
dedicating specific Uplinks........................................................	9
Scenario 5: Adding VLANs in a multi-AG configuration ..........	10
Scenario 6: Setting up a fully meshed topology .....................	11
Scenario 7: Setting up a straight-through topology with LAG
failover ....................................................................................	13
Scenario 8: Establishing access with vPC enabled across the
Cisco Nexus 5010 switches .....................................................	14
Appendix A – Detailed scenario methodology ...................................	15
Scenario 1: Plugging and playing the Dell PowerConnect
M8024 switch..........................................................................	15
Scenario 2: Configuring VLANs on the internal ports of the Dell
PowerConnect M8024 switch.................................................	16
Scenario 3: Configuring multiple VLANs per internal port to
connect to a server NIC with Tag enabled..............................	18
Scenario 4: Configuring multiple Port Aggregation Groups and
dedicating specific Uplinks......................................................	21
Scenario 5: Adding VLANs in a multi-AG configuration ..........	24
Scenario 6: Setting up a fully meshed topology .....................	29
Scenario 7: Setting up a straight-through topology with LAG
failover ....................................................................................	31
Scenario 8: Establishing access with vPC enabled across the
Cisco Nexus 5010 switches .....................................................	33
Appendix B – Network switch configuration information..................	40
About Principled Technologies ...........................................................	41

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